Coral: New chapter at last! Now this duel will begin and end in the most unexpected way possible! I did my best with this duel so enjoy it!
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Attacks/Effects
'thoughts'
Language other than Japanese (this is English sub after all)
*OPENING*
(Instrumental)(The scene begins with a nice top view of the island)
To the beginning sky... towards the shining light
(The camera looks up to the sky, having a nice view of it and the sun as the anime logo slowly appeared)
There's nothing to fear... because I'm here...
(Freakstar Dragon with Naruto on his back and Time Space Magician flew pass the logo the Spellcaster-type shined the crystal ball on his staff, changing the scene)
Falling countless times to your knees
Not protecting your own pride
(Kohaku slipped on a banana peel and was laughed at by many students. She laughed along with them)
Only coming up with just doubts
Do not close your eyes just yet
(Alex and Bella looked at the scene in slight envy at how she was, in a way, getting along with many others despite her being in Red and daughter of a famous circus' ringmaster and walked their separate ways)
I absolutely cannot see
the possibility that's here and now
(Judai was imagining himself as the next King of Games. Manjoume and his friends along with Chronos glared at how impossible it would be for him while Misawa, Shou and Hayato looked at him with interest or slight admiration)
When these tears turn into rain
I just want you to notice
(Asuka and Ryou were at the entrance of the Abandon Dorm and stared at a picture of the latter's brother with determination)
Spit out all the vexing things
Because there's a meaning for taking things
(Bella was remembering the time when she was younger, getting bullied and being isolated by others because of her powers. Her patience went to her limit as she accidentally summoned a monster and released it onto them)
Even if you desire everything, you don't need to grasp it all
(Alex was remembering when he was accepted into Duel Academy and told the principal that he wished to start at the lowest rank, just to be bullied by those of a higher rank)
Just keep a hold of one most important thing
(Kohaku placed her hands on their shoulders and snapped them out of the memory lane and smiled at them then pushed them to the rest of their friends)
In the beginning of the sky, I welcome you
do not ever look back just look forward
(Judai had out Flame Wingman, who fought against Chronos' Antique Gear Golem and Asuka's Cyber Blader, as Kohaku had out Time Space Magician, who was going head-to-head against Alex's Light and Darkness Dragon and Bella's Nine-Tailed Beast, Kurama)
If you feel the wind on your back
then there won't be anything to worry about
(Shou and his monsters were looking at his brother and his monsters with determination, who smirked in approval, causing the younger sibling to smile back)
If you would look around, you'd see all these smiling faces
(In another realm, it showed all of Kohaku, Bella, Alex, Judai, Shou, Hayato, and Asuka's monsters smiling at the camera)
Do not carry everything by yourself
(Kohaku was looking at her late sister's deck in her hand with a solemn look, the deck's monster spirits floating right by her side)
Don't rush either, the answer is along the way
(The scene turned dark and the whole gang were running towards the light)
you'll definitely find it for sure
(They arrived at a lighthouse, looking up at the night sky)
It's finally here. The day has arrived. Yes, today is that day. The day... of the School Duel! Everyone was at the docks, awaiting for the arrival of the Duel Academia from the North Campus. Well, everyone except two duelists.
"Come forth, Elemental Hero Featherman!" Judai shouted, as he summoned out his WIND 'Hero'. "Burstlady!" Following him is the fiery heroine. "Clayman, Sparkman, you're up!" Next were his earthy and lightning heroes.
Up above him, Kohaku was skydiving towards him. "Let's go, Circus Freak Swinger!" Her swing-summoning monster appeared, creating a swing in which the duelist caught just in time and swung over her dueling partner. "Next up, Dancer, Trapeze Artist!" Her dancing and aerial acrobatic of a monster appeared next. "Let's not forget Assistant and, our leader, Time Space Magician!" The assistant clown appeared and did a little trick, causing a small explosion that made Kohaku's main monster appear. After the small performance, the performing duelist landed right beside her monsters.
"Wow! Even today, you all look really cool!" Judai stated to the monsters. "Especially in an Action Field!" Yep, while everyone else was at the docks, Judai and Kohaku were in the dueling area, the solid vision activated. No, they weren't going to duel each other; they just wanted to see if their monsters were in top shape.
"Now all we have to do is get pumped and have fun while dueling the representatives from the North Campus~!" Kohaku said.
"Yeah!"
"Aniki!" "Kohaku-san!" Two familiar voices called for them. Both turned and saw Shou and Seth running into the room.
"Shou! Seth! What's up?" Kohaku asked.
"'What's up'?! Everyone's all together already and you're the only one not there!" Seth answered. His words only brought more confusion to the representatives.
Shou noticed their confused looks. "The reception! Reception! The reception from the representatives from the North Campus!"
"Aw, no! I forgot!" Judai gasped.
"We have to hurry!" Kohaku said, as she and Judai called off their monsters, causing the field to revert to normal as they ran to the reception area. "Come on, guys!" Shou and Seth followed the two to their destination.
Once they arrived, they noticed their principal greeting who seemed to be the principal of the opposing campus. Judai didn't stop running and just rushed over to the two.
"Mr. Principal! That's enough greeting! Hurry and introduce me and Kohaku to our opponents!" he requested.
"Judai! Don't be rude!" Kohaku scolded, hitting her partner on the head.
"I know, but I really want to know and see who I'm facing. Don't you feel the same?"
"Of course I do! But that doesn't mean we have to be impatient!"
"So you two are the rumored Judai-kun and Kohaku-kun," the North Campus principal guessed.
"Pleased to meet you!" the Osiris instantly greeted. "Old man, are you the principal of the North Campus?" The guy anime-fell for being called 'old'.
Kohaku punched Judai again for his disrespect. "Calm down, Judai! Show some respect!"
"Sorry..."
The female representative sighed and helped the North Campus principal up. "So, who are our opponents?"
"Well, that would be-"
"It's us," a voice interrupted. The two duelists looked behind the principal and saw the one person they didn't expect to see at the North Campus.
"Whoa! It's Manjoume!" Kohaku gasped in shock.
"It's true!" Judai gasped, also in shock. "So who are our opponents?"
"It's us," answered a big, bulky guy, wearing a vest that has the North Campus' logo on it.
"'Us' who?"
"Him and me," Manjoume answered.
"Who?" Judai asked once more.
Kohaku realized who their opponents are and were shocked at who one of those opponents would be. "You mean one of our opponents is... you, Manjoume?!"
Her dueling partner gasped in great shock.
"It's Manjoume Thunder!" the ex-Duel Academia student corrected.
"Thunder!" his classmates repeated.
"First years! We've heard of how you don't address Thunder-san with an honorific!" Manjoume's dueling partner said. "How about we teach you a lesson?"
"Leave them be," Manjoume told him. "We can teach them a lesson on the dueling field."
It was a stare down between the representatives. The intensity was broken when a strong wind was picked up. Everyone looked over to the cause of the wind and saw two helicopters in the sky.
"What's going on?!" Judai asked.
"Wait. Those marks!" Misawa spoke. Everyone looked at the mark he spoke of and saw a familiar kanji below the copters. "It's the Manjoume group!"
"That's right!" came a voice from one of the vessels.
"It's been a while, Jun! Have you been doing well?!" came another voice.
"Chousaku-niisan? Shouji-niisan?" Manjoume called in shock. "What are you here to do?"
"Isn't it obvious? To give your victory our blessings!" answered one of the brothers. The two copters landed on top of one of the buildings.
"Don't worry us too much, Jun!" said the other brother.
All of a sudden, the area was filled TV crew members. "Right, nice faces! We'll take a picture!" one of the members said, a cameraman by his side.
"Camera Two! Get a close-up of Manjoume-kun next, okay?" another member called.
"Where did they come from?!" Alex asked in shock.
"Can I ask what this fuss is about?" Samejima asked one of the TV crew.
"Huh? You haven't heard?" he asked back. "This year, we'll be broadcasting the Duel Academia's Interschool Match all across the country, live on TV!"
"WHAT?! A TV broadcast?!" Judai repeated in shock.
"So wait, we're on TV right now?!" Kohaku asked in shock. Quickly, her shock was replaced with great determination. "Okay! As an Entertainment Duelist, I'm definitely going to get serious!"
Later, Kohaku was in her room, sitting on her bed with her two decks before her. "So I say but... JUST WHAT DECK SHOULD I USE?!"
Time Space Magician appeared by her side. "You seem conflicted. What's wrong?"
"It's just... the last time I was on TV was when I was with my sister. You weren't there that time, but we always promised to give our all a 1000% if we were to be seen on TV. Now that the time came, without her here..."
"You don't know if you should use us, who is mainly about entertainment, or your sister's deck, who practically has part of her soul in them... Ask yourself this, Kohaku; if your sister was here, if she sees you are about to be on TV when she couldn't be, what would she tell you?"
She played that question in her head, thinking about the answer. Then again, knowing her own sister, what was there to think when she knew what she would say? With that, a smile formed on her face and she grabbed both her decks.
It was finally time for the School Duel to come! As everyone gave a huge cheer.
"Come on, everyone! It's finally about to start!" one of the TV crew member announced. "The Academy Face-Off Duel Match of the Century! Give us your cheers and applauses!"
As soon as he said that, the North Campus started to cheer for their representatives, mainly Manjoume.
By the duel field, Kohaku and Judai stood, waiting to be called up. With them were their friends.
"Aniki, you can take it easy today!" Shou said. "Since you and Kohaku beat Manjoume before, you both should be all set!"
"True, but who's to say he isn't going to use a different deck?" Bella asked. "I heard that the North Campus has a deck only the top student of their school can use."
"Judging by the cheers from the north, Manjoume must be the number one student then," Tiffany guessed.
"By the way, where is Seth? He should be here," Alex said.
"I'm sure he has his reasons to not be here right now. Besides, my mom is going to record the duel herself on camera. If he missed anything, my mom can show him," Kohaku said.
"In any case, we're rooting for you both," Jacko told their representatives.
With the young Ra, he was on his way to the duel field from the boys' room.
"I'm going to be late!" he muttered. Up ahead, he saw a pair of Obelisk Blues, with looks that clearly stated they were planning on something.
"So we're really going to do it, right?" one of them asked.
"Of course! She made a fool out of us once too many times! Now it's time for a huge payback! And live at that!" the other said. "I can see it now; 'The Entertainment Duelist fails at entertaining the audience'." The two blues laughed at the title.
Putting the pieces together, Seth came to a stop. "Hey!" The two Obelisk Blues turned to him. "I don't know why you're going to do it, but you're not going to mess up Kohaku-san's duel!"
"Oh look. It's the brat of her group," Obelisk 2 groaned.
Obelisk 1 had an evil look on his face. "Hey. I have a better idea. We use the kid instead."
Obelisk 2 caught on to his plan. "Good idea. Let's do it."
Having a horrible feeling, Seth grabbed his duel disk out of his bag and activated it. "You want me, you have to beat me first!"
"Hah! This is going to be so easy," Obelisk 1 stated, as he and Obelisk 2 activated their own duel disks.
"DUEL!"
Obelisk 1: 4000 LP
Obelisk 2: 4000 LP
Seth: 4000 LP
Back to the duel field...
"Well, now it is time!" Samejima shouted. "The Duel Academia Main Campus-"
"-North Campus-" his fellow principal, Ichinose, added in.
"We declare the start of the Interschool Tag Duel Match!" both shouted.
"Professor Kigara, introduce the duelists! And that thing!" Samejima requested. Ichinose and his students all had confused looks on their faces, wondering what the second thing was.
"Right, Samejima-san," the former King of Entertainment nodded. As he spoke, many of the North Campus were whispering among themselves.
"Hey, isn't that...?" "He is, isn't he?" "He's a teacher now?" "No way."
"Ahem. Everyone! Welcome to the Interschool Tag Duel! On my left are the representatives of the Main Campus, Yuki Judai and Fiore Kohaku!" The Main Campus let out a roar of cheers for their representatives. "And on my right are the representatives of the North Campus, Edogawa Yuri and-!"
"Hold it! I'll introduce myself!" Manjoume interrupted.
At first, Kazato was a bit shock but then regained his composure and tossed the your duelist the mic, in which Manjoume caught.
"Listen up! Do you all remember me?!" he questioned. "Those of you in this academy who were relieved I was gone! Those of you who went on about how I got what I deserved! If you don't know then allow me to tell you. Use those ears of yours well and listen carefully! Like the phoenix, I've been resurrected from the depths of hell! And my name is... One! Ten!"
"One Hundred! One Thousand!" Yuri and the rest of the North duelists followed along.
"Manjoume Thunder!" Manjoume finished.
At his name, every one of his apparent followers chanted his name.
"That's some popularity," Shou said in awe.
"Who am I?" Manjoume asked his group once more.
"Thunder!" they replied.
"Manjoume..."
"-Thunder!"
The duelist tossed the mic back to Kazato and stared at his two opponents straight in the eyes. "Let's go, Judai! After all, I can't lose this duel!"
"Bring it, Manjoume!" Judai challenged.
"Don't forget about me!" Yuri shouted.
"Then don't forget about me as well!" Kohaku added.
Kazato couldn't help but smile at the four's determination. "Now then, with the introduction out of the way, how about we get this duel started? Rather, how about we get this field ready?!" All of the Main Campus duelists let out a roar of cheers. "I can't hear you!" The roar was louder than the last. "Do you really want to introduce that sort of field to public?!" Out came another roar from the audience. "In that case, let's get started! Action Field on!" A hologram of a card appeared above his head, much to the shock of North Campus, the cameramen and those watching. "Let's see what kind of field will be used today!" The card spun at high speed. After a few seconds, it came to a stop. "The field selected is the field magic, Village of the Magic Tribe!" The field changed into one that is exactly like the field spell chosen.
"What the hell is this?!" Yuri demanded, surprised by the change in field.
"Why you... To think you would go as low as to pick out a field that benefits you!" Manjoume accused, aware of what Village of the Magic Tribe's effect was. Normally, that is.
"If this field's effect follows the original effect," Judai said, to their confusion.
"In an Action Duel, the duel being held right now, any and all Field Magic that are activated at the start of the duel loses their original effects and only has one effect! That effect is that players can only have one Action Card in their hand at a time," Kohaku explained.
"Action Card?" Ichinose asked.
"If everyone can look up for a moment, especially those who are witnessing an Action Duel for the first time." Everyone looked up, as did the cameras. Increasing their shock, they say a huge orb floating above the four duelists. Within the orb were a huge number of cards flying around.
"The cards flying around up there are Action Cards!" Judai began. "Once the duel officially begins, those cards will scatter around the field. Duelists can run around and search for these cards to increase their winning chance! But remember, a duelist can only take one Action Card at a time."
Everyone was amazed at the new form of dueling.
"Now then, with that, let's get on to the oath~!" Kohaku shouted.
"Those of you who knows the oath, say it with us!" Judai agreed. "Let's go! Duelists locked in battle!"
"Kicking against the earth and dancing in the air alongside their monsters!"
"They storm through the field!" everyone in the Main Branch followed along. "Behold! This is the newest and greatest evolution of Dueling! Action!"
"DUEL!" Judai and Kohaku ended.
At the word 'duel', Manjoume and Yuri were snapped out of their confusion. "DUEL!"
Manjoume and Yuri: 8000 LP
Judai and Kohaku: 8000 LP
Speaking of duels, returning to Seth's duel against the two Obelisks...
"I'll start first! Draw!" Obelisk 1 drew his sixth card. "I discard one card from my hand to Special Summon Berlines the Vassal of the Firestorm Monarch!" An armored knight with flames covering his arms appeared on the field.
Berlings the Vassal of the Firestorm Monarch: Level 3/FIRE/Pyro/800 ATK/1000 DEF
"And if I control a FIRE Monster, I can Special Summon Devil of Menacing Incandescence!" Appearing next to it was a flaming monster.
Devil of Menacing Incandescence: Level 8/FIRE/Beast-Warrior/2600 ATK/2200 DEF
"And when he's special summoned, I destroy two FIRE monsters I control, including himself!" Obelisk 1's field was clear of monsters.
"And what was the point of that?" Seth asked.
"By banishing three FIRE monsters from my Graveyard, I am able to Special Summon The Blazing Mars from my hand!" All of a sudden, a big, rocky/scaly head with what seemed like a black armored person perched on top of it appeared on the field.
The Blazing Mars: Level 8/FIRE/Pyro/2600 ATK/2200 DEF
"Next I activate the Magic Card, Dimension Distortion!" he continued. "I can only activate this card if I don't have any cards in my Graveyard! With this card I can Special Summon a banished monster onto my field! Come, Manticore of Darkness!" A fire tornado bursted from the ground and a manticore appeared from the flames.
Manticore of Darkness: Level 6/FIRE/Beast-Warrior/2300 ATK/1000 DEF
"And with Blazing Mars' effect, by sending Manticore of Darkness to the Graveyard, you are taking 500 points of damage, punk!" The recently summoned monster turned into red energy that went into its ally's mouth. The higher level monster breathed out flames at Seth, dealing some damage to him.
Obelisk 1: 4000 LP
Obelisk 2: 4000 LP
Seth: 3500 LP
"How's that, kid?" Obelisk 1 asked in a mocking tone.
"A kid like you has no place here," Obelisk 2 also mocked.
"If my Life Points decreased because of a card effect, I special summon Darkus Moskeeto!" Seth said, summoning out a black mosquito-like monster.
Darkus Moskeeto: Level 2/DARK/Insect/500 ATK/1200 DEF
"What?! He summoned a monster during my turn?!" Obelisk 1 gasped.
"Who cares? It's still a weakling! What can he do with something that weak?!" Obelisk 2 pointed out.
Hearing those words calmed his partner down a little. "You're right. I end my turn! And at this time, Manticore of Darkness' effect activates! During the End Phase, if he was sent to the Graveyard this turn, by sending a Beast, Beast Warrior, or a Winged Beast monster from my hand to the Graveyard, I can Special Summon him back to the field!" He discarded his last card and summoned his monster back to the field.
"Now it's my move! Draw!" Obelisk 2 drew his sixth card. "I activate the Continuous Magic, Torture Room of Nightmare! If an effect damage was inflicted onto my opponent besides this card, they take an additional 300 points of damage! With it I activate the Magic card, Fire Ball! This card inflicts 500 points of damage to my opponent! With Torture Room of Nightmare's effect, make that 800!" Fireballs appeared and struck the young Ra.
Obelisk 1: 4000 LP
Obelisk 2: 4000 LP
Seth: 2700 LP
"I'm not done yet! I activate the Magic card, Large Fire of Day and Night! This card inflicts 800 points of damage to my opponent! With the additional 300, it's now 1100!" A huge fireball appeared and engulfed Seth.
Obelisk 1: 4000 LP
Obelisk 2: 4000 LP
Seth: 1600 LP
"Continuing on, I summon Raging Cattle Demon!" A red angry cattle with three eyes and white lines all over its body appeared on Obelisk 2's field.
Raging Cattle Demon: Level 4/EARTH/Beast-Warrior/1200 ATK/1200 DEF
"And I activate its effect! Once per turn, I toss a coin and call! If I call it right, my opponent takes 1000- no, 1300 points of damage! I call it wrong, I take 1000 damage." He took out a coin and revealed both sides. "I call heads!" He flipped it and slammed it down on his hand. The guy revealed the coin to have landed on tails.
"Guess you shouldn't have summoned out that monster then," Seth said.
"You're right, I shouldn't have. If I didn't have this card that is! I activate the Instant Magic, Spell of a Pained Soul! If I were to take damage, my opponent takes the damage instead!" Just as Obelisk 2's monster was about to go on a rampage on him, it swapped over to Seth's side and hit him hard.
Obelisk 1: 4000 LP
Obelisk 2: 4000 LP
Seth: 300 LP
"And with this, I end my turn by equipped the Equip Magic, Black Pendant, onto my monster, giving him 500 more ATK." A pendant appeared around Raging Cattle Demon's neck.
Raging Cattle Demon: 1200 + 500 = 1700 ATK
"I have to say, if I knew you had that kind of hand, I would've let you be first," Obelisk 1 stated.
"Can't be helped. Besides, it's not like he can beat us this turn," Obelisk 2 said.
"I wonder about that," Seth said, much to their confusion. "My turn! Draw!" He drew his next card. "I activate the Field Magic, Darkus Reactor!" A black fog covered the field and the ground below glowed purple. "While this Field Spell card is active, all DARK monsters gain 500 ATK and DEF!"
Darkus Moskeeto: 500 + 500 = 1200 ATK/1200 + 500 = 1700 DEF
"Next I release Moskeeto to Advance Summon Darkus Laserman!" The Insect-type monster glowed a purple aura and changed into a machine.
Darkus Laserman: Level 6/DARK/Machine/2700 + 500 = 3200 ATK ATK/2000 + 500 = 2500 DEF
"A monster with over 3000 ATK?!" Obelisk 1 gasped in shock.
"Like it matters. He's not going to make it next turn," Obelisk 2 said in an overconfident tone.
"I wasn't done yet. If Moskeeto was used to Advance Summon a 'Darkus' monster, I can equip him to that monster! And the monster equipped to him gains 500 ATK!" True to his words, Seth's bug came back and attached itself onto Laserman's back.
Darkus Laserman: 3200 + 500 = 3700 ATK
"And what's the point if it won't take either one of us out?"
"I wasn't done yet. I activate the Magic Card, Darkflare! If there's a Fire and a DARK monster on the field, I target one of each and they both gain 1000 ATK! The monsters I target are Darkus Laserman and Manticore of Darkness!" To their confusion, Darkus Laserman and Manticore of Darkness gained more power.
Darkus Laserman: 3700 + 1000 = 4700 ATK
Manticore of Darkness: 2300 + 1000 = 3300 ATK
"Not done yet! I activate the Instant Magic, Ghost Strike! By banishing a Magic or Trap Card in my Graveyard, I am able to activate its effect! I banish Darkflare and activate its effect again! This time the FIRE monster I'm targeting is The Blazing Mars!" This time as Seth's monster grew in power, so did the other FIRE monster.
Darkus Laserman: 4700 + 1000 = 5700 ATK
The Blazing Mars: 2600 + 1000 = 3600 ATK
At the sight of Laserman's ATK, Obelisk 2 had a feeling who Seth would attack first and faked his panic. "Oh no! That thing has enough power to take me out!" he cried in a convincing tone.
"This is bad, isn't it?!" Obelisk 1 also panicked. He knew there was actually nothing to worry about, especially with Black Pendant's second effect.
"Battle! I attack the Blazing Mars with Laserman! Leap Sting!" To their shock and confusion, instead of taking the bait, Seth's monster fired its many lasers and missiles at its target, taking it down and out.
Obelisk 1: 1900 LP
Obelisk 2: 4000 LP
Seth: 300 LP
"Hah! You must still be a fool to take out one of my monsters!" Obelisk 1 mocked.
"He's right. If you had taken me out, that's one less problem to worry about," Obelisk 2 stated.
"Do you take me for a fool?" Seth asked, to their slight shock. "I am aware of what Black Pendant can do. If it is sent from the field to the Graveyard, the opponent takes 500 points of damage. So even if I do take you out first, the duel wouldn't end since this is a Battle Royale and I would've taken damage and lose."
The two blues gritted their teeth at the Ra's words. "But it's not like you can do anything, can you?! Now hurry up and end-!"
"I wasn't done yet." They looked at Seth in confusion. "Why do you think I summoned out Laserman and gave him enough power to destroy and end one of you? Darkus Laserman can attack all monsters on the field, once each!" The Obelisks looked at him in great shock.
"All monsters?!" the first repeated.
"But then that means..." the second spoke.
"Go, Laserman! Attack Manticore of Darkness! Leap Sting!" At the young duelist's command, his monster shot another dose of lasers and missiles at its next target. The monster it attacked was destroyed and Obelisk 1 was sent flying away and was knocked out.
Obelisk 1: 0000 LP
Obelisk 2: 4000 LP
Seth: 300 LP
"And now, you're next," Seth said to his remaining opponent. Obelisk 2 flinched at the look in his eyes. "Finish this, Laserman! Leap Sting!" As his monster shot more of its attack at the remaining monster, Obelisk 2 widened his eyes as he realized who the boy really is.
"The rumors are true... The Blue Reaper exists!" As he said his last words, his monster was destroyed and was was knocked into a wall, unconscious.
Obelisk 2: 0000 LP
Seth: 300 LP
WINNER: SETH!
As soon as the duel was over and the holograms faded away, Seth placed his duel disk away and ran pass his knocked out opponents. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have a duelist to support!"
Returning to the Interschool Duel Match, Manjoume made the first move.
"I go first! Draw!" He drew his sixth card. "I summon Armed Dragon Lv 3!" An orange dragon in light brown scales appeared on the field.
Armed Dragon Lv 3: Level 3/WIND/Dragon/1200 ATK/900 DEF
"What does he mean by 'Lv'?!" Shou asked.
"It's a monster that continues to Level up, so long as the requirements are met," Asuka explained.
"However, a very rare card only mentioned in legends... just where could he have?" Misawa began to question.
"Can it be that the deck Manjoume's using...?" Alex spoke.
"No doubt about it. That's North Campus' ultimate deck," Bella confirmed.
"Judai-kun! Kohaku-kun! Don't lose! You both can't lose!" the group heard, much to their confusion.
"Does the principal have something against Armed Dragon?" Ellie asked.
"Who knows," everyone else replied.
"Of course we won't!" Kohaku assured.
"I gotta see what happens to such an interesting card," Judai said.
"Wanna play a tough guy, I see. Let's see how tough you'll be after the duel. I end my turn!" Manjoume ended.
"Kohaku, you want to go next?"
"After you," she insisted Judai.
"In that case, my turn! Draw!" The 'Elemental Hero' duelist drew his sixth card. "I summon Elemental Hero Burstlady in Attack Mode! Come forth, Burstlady!" His FIRE heroine appeared on the field.
Elemental Hero Burstlady: Level 3/FIRE/Warrior/1200 ATK/800 DEF
"I set one card face-down and end my turn!"
"My move now! Draw!" Yuri drew his sixth card. "I summon Dark Frame!" A black, uneven cube appeared on the field.
Dark Frame: Level 4/DARK/Fiend/1500 ATK/0 DEF
"I set two cards face-down and end my turn!"
Before she started her turn, Kohaku had what seemed like a disappointed look on her face. "Hmm... Kind of bland, don't you think?"
Hearing that statement confused and slightly annoyed her opponents and the North Campus.
"What do you mean?" Yuri demanded.
"I mean, this is suppose to be the first turn. I know in a Tag Duel, no one is allowed to attack until everyone took their first turn, but shouldn't you guys have made it more interesting? That includes you, Judai. I'm actually disappointed in you, for not making an interesting start."
In the audience, all of Kohaku's friends sweat dropped, catching on to what Kohaku was saying.
"She really is a performer, isn't she?" Jacko questioned.
"Still, to talk about that in the middle of an important duel," Hayato said.
"Well, she wouldn't be Kohaku if she doesn't do what we think she's going to do," Alex pointed out.
"Well then, I guess I should liven up the audience. My turn! Draw!" Kohaku drew her sixth card. "Hola~! Bonjour~! Hello, Everybody~! What do you say we really start the Interschool Tag Duel?!" The Main Campus students all cheered at her question. "Was that a yes?"
"YES!" they all shouted.
"Well, since you really want it to start, I suppose it can't be helped. From my hand, I summon Circus Freak Trapeze Artist in Defense Mode!" Her monster appeared on the field.
Circus Freak Trapeze Artist: Level 3/DARK/Spellcaster/1400 ATK/1000 DEF
"Shall we, my friend~?" she asked him. Trapeze Artist nodded and they both ran off to a random direction.
"Running away during a duel?" Manjoume asked.
"All that big talk and that girl's running with her tail between her legs," Yuri mocked.
Both were proven wrong when Trapeze Artist got in front of his master, knelt down and cupped his hands. The moment Kohaku stepped on his open hand, he gave her a good jumping boost to a tall tree. In the process, she grabbed an Action card that was within a glowing, green ball of light and landed on one of the huge fungus on the tree. She got up on her feet and revealed the card in her hand.
"Got an Action card~" she said.
"What the-?! The duel field isn't that big!" Manjoume recalled.
"And not only that, she's on a hologram!" Yuri exclaimed in shock.
"That's Action Duel!" Kazato explained. "In an Action Duel, you don't have to worry about how big a field really is. And everything in the field becomes real."
"Now then, with that said, how about we introduce one of the many effects of an Action Card~?" Kohaku asked the audience, who all cheered in response. "In that case, I set three cards face-down and activate the Action Magic, Magical Bullets! For each card on the field, my opponent takes 100 points of damage! Right now there are four monsters on the field and six set Magic and Trap cards! That's a total of ten cards and a 1000 points of damage inflicted onto our opponents~!" All the cards on the field started to glow. The glow left them and made way to Manjoume and Yuri.
(Magical Bullets: Action Magic: For each card on the field, excluding the Action Field, inflict 100 points of damage to your opponent.)
Manjoume and Yuri: 7000 LP
Judai and Kohaku: 8000 LP
"Yes! Kohaku took the initiative!" Shou cheered.
"This is the power of an Action Card!" the 'Circus Freak' duelist explained to her opponents and those witnessing Action Duel for the first time. "These cards are everywhere on the field! Duelists can snatch one up at any time and activate them whenever they wish! And with this, the opening act truly ends here."
Manjoume glared at Kohaku for the damage. "I'll get you for that. Now my dreadful turn begins! Draw!" He drew his next card. The moment he drew, he let out an evilish laugh. "Well now, you two. Since my Standby Phase has paid us a visit, Armed Dragon Lv 3's effect activates! By sending this card to the Graveyard, I can Special Summon Armed Dragon Lv 5 from my hand or deck!"
"What?!" Judai gasped.
"So the level up starts here," Kohaku said.
"That's exactly right," Yuri stated. "It's also here Thunder-san will begin to reveal our Academy's deck's true power!"
"I sacrifice Armed Dragon Lv 3! Come forth, Armed Dragon Lv 5!" Light engulfed Manjoume's lone monster and out came a bigger dragon quite similar to it, just red with black scales.
Armed Dragon Lv 5: Level 5/WIND/Dragon/2400 ATK/1700 DEF
At the sight of his evolved monster, the North Campus students all let out a loud cheer. "YEAH!"
"Be careful, Judai, Kohaku!" Misawa shouted.
"Now that Armed Dragon's leveled up, it also has a terrifying effect now!" Ellie warned.
"Yeah. We're aware," the Osiris of the two representatives replied. "For a case like this, I activate a Trap! Hero Halo!" Judai's face-down was activated and a shield appeared before Burstlady. "The equipment's all set! Thanks to this effect, monsters with 1900 or more ATK can't attack!"
Hearing that made his opponents laugh for some reason.
"You damn fool," Yuri insulted. "A shield to stop high-level monsters with 1900 or more ATK from attacking, is it? You can't stop Thunder-san's monster with that."
"What do you mean by that?" Kohaku asked.
"Armed Dragon Lv 5's special ability allows me to send a monster in my hand to the Graveyard to destroy one monster with ATK less than that monster," Manjoume explained.
"What?!" Judai gasped.
"I send Dragonfly from my hand to the Graveyard!"
"Dragonfly's ATK is 1400," Bella said.
"Circus Freak Trapeze Artist's ATK is also 1400. Which means the only other monster he can destroy is..." Tiffany spoke.
"The 1200 ATK Elemental Hero Burstlady," Jacko finished.
"Go, Armed Dragon Lv 5! Destroyed Pile! And make sure they don't get any of those annoying Action Cards!" Manjoume declared. The spikes on his monsters shot out of his body and rocketed around everywhere, making it hard for Judai or Kohaku to move around to find a card to protect Burstlady. Eventually, all the spikes hit their target and destroyed her. "I'm not done! I still have a direct attack for you! Armed Dragon Lv 5! Attack Judai directly!" His monster did as ordered and struck the 'Elemental Hero' duelist hard, enough to knock him away.
Manjoume and Yuri: 7000 LP
Judai and Kohaku: 5600 LP
"Judai!" Kohaku called.
"What's wrong, Judai? Did that finish you?" Manjoume mocked.
"Hey! It's cowardly to attack a defenseless duelist!"
"Shut up! This is a duel!" Yuri shouted back. "Your partner shouldn't have even leave himself defenseless like that."
The duelist in question got back in his feet. "Oh man. Since this is being broadcast all over the country, I can't end up looking too uncool," he joked.
"I set one card face-down and end my turn," Manjoume ended.
"Then it's my turn! Draw!" Judai drew his next card. "I summon Elemental Hero Bubbleman in Attack Mode!" His WATER hero appeared on the field.
Elemental Hero Bubbleman: Level 4/WATER/Warrior/800 ATK/1200 DEF
"If Bubbleman is the only card on the field when he's summoned, I draw two cards from my deck!" Judai drew more cards. "Next, thanks to this Fusion card, I'll fuse Featherman and Sparkman with Bubbleman on my field! Hero of the wind, hero of the lightning, hero of the water! Become one and give birth to a brand new power! FUSION SUMMON! Come forth, Elemental Hero Tempester!" One of Judai's many Fusion Monsters appeared on the field.
Elemental Hero Tempester: Level 8/WIND/Warrior/2800 ATK/2800 DEF
"Yes! Go for it, aniki!" Shou cheered.
"Tempester?" Manjoume questioned, never seeing the monster before.
"Yes! This is my turnaround card!" Judai declared. "Tempester! Chaos Tempest!" His monster unleashed his attack on the Dragon-type monster.
Manjoume and Yuri: 6600 LP
Judai and Kohaku: 5600 LP
"But this is far from over," Manjoume said. "I activate my Trap Card, Call of the Living Dead!"
"What?!" Judai asked.
"It can't be!" Shou gasped.
"That's right. Due to this card I can Special Summon one monster from my Graveyard. I'm calling back Armed Dragon Lv 5! Be reborn, Armed Dragon Lv 5!" The monster that was just destroyed by Tempester had returned.
At the sight of the reborn monster, all of the North Campus duelist in the audience cheered for their top duelist.
"I set one card face-down and end my turn!" Judai ended.
"Now it's my turn! Draw!" Yuri drew his next card and looked up to see Kohaku jumping from one tree to another. "Thunder-san. I can see that you have a bigger grudge against that Yuki Judai boy. In that case, allow me to get rid of his partner."
"Go ahead," he granted.
Yuri nodded, silently thanking him. "Dark Frame can be used as two tributes for a DARK monster! I release Dark Frame and Advance Summon Devilzoa!" The cube broke apart and a big, blue monster was formed.
Devilzoa: Level 7/DARK/Fiend/2600 ATK/1900 DEF
"Next I activate the Trap Card, Metalization - Magic-Reflection Armor! I equip this card to a monster on the field and give it 300 ATK and DEF!" His monster was coated in armor.
Devilzoa: 2600 + 300 = 2900 ATK/1900 + 300 = 2200 DEF
"And also, I release Devilzoa equipped with Metalization - Magic-Reflection Armor to summon out its most powerful form!"
"What did you say?!" Kohaku gasped.
"Come forth! Metal Devilzoa!" The armor broke and a more robotic version of Devilzoa appeared.
Metal Devilzoa: Level 8/DARK/Machine/3000 ATK/2300 DEF
"A monster with 3000 ATK?!" Shou gasped.
"And from the deck at that," Jacko noticed.
"Is that summon possible?" Tiffany asked.
"There are some monsters that can be summoned straight from the deck," Ryo answered.
"Next I activate the Equip Magic, Vicious Claw! The monster equipped to it gains 300 ATK! I will equip this card to your Circus Freak Trapeze Artist!" Yuri declared, as a grappling claw of some kind appeared in Kohaku's monster's hand.
Circus Freak Trapeze Artist: 1400 + 300 = 1700 ATK
"Huh? Why to Kohaku's monster?" Shou wondered.
"It's because of Vicious Claw's additional effects," came Seth's voice. Everyone turned to him, shocked that he returned without any of them noticing.
"Seth! When did you-?!" Bella started to question.
"For a while now."
"Battle! I attack Circus Freak Trapeze Artist with Metal Devilzoa! Metal X Scissors!" The monster crossed its arms and charged at Trapeze Artist. "And it is here I activate Vicious Claw's effect! If the monster equipped to it was to be destroyed, I return this card to my hand instead!" Kohaku's monster managed to survive against the attack. "Next through Vicious Claw's effect, I destroy one monster on the field except for the one that battled the very monster! As much as I want to destroy that Elemental Hero Tempester through this effect, Thunder-san wants to take your friend out himself! So let's destroy Trapeze Artist instead!" Much to Kohaku's shock, the claws that were equipped to her monster once before returned, this time killing off the very monster. "And then my opponent takes 600 points of damage!"
Manjoume and Yuri: 6600 LP
Judai and Kohaku: 5000 LP
"Lastly, a Fiend Token is summoned onto my opponent's field!" A black monster appeared on the field.
Fiend Token: Level 7/DARK/Fiend/2500 ATK/2500 DEF
"I set one card face-down and end my turn!" Yuri ended.
"My turn! Draw!" Kohaku drew her next card. "I activate my face-down Magic card, Acrobalance! This card allows me to Fusion Summon a 'Circus Freak' Fusion monster using monsters in my hand or on my field! I fuse Circus Freak Copycat and Circus Freak Time Space Magician from my hand! Performer of time and space. Become one with the slick performer and become the new light that vanquishes the evil darkness! FUSION SUMMON! Appear now, arcane magician with ancient power! Circus Freak Rune Magician!" And out was Kohaku's multi-attacker Fusion Monster.
Circus Freak Rune Magician: Level 8/DARK/Spellcaster/3000 ATK/2500 DEF
She jumped down to the rooftop of one of the village houses and got an Action card that was right on the center of it. "Action Magic, Magical Force! This gives a monster 500 more ATK points!"
Circus Freak Rune Magician: 3000 + 500 = 3500 ATK
(Magical Force: Action Magic: Target one monster on the field. That monster gains 500 ATK until the end of this turn)
"All right! Kohaku's monster is strong enough to take down Metal Devilzoa and Armed Dragon Lv 5!" Tiffany said.
"With this, Kohaku and Judai can win!" Jacko stated.
"Battle! I attack-!"
"Instant Magic, activate!" Yuri interrupted Kohaku. "Rebellion! During either player's Battle Phase, I can take control of one monster on the field until the end of the Battle Phase! Give me your Rune Magician!"
"What?!" she gasped, as her monster swapped sides unwillingly. "Rune Magician!"
"Next I activate the Trap Card, Dark Sacrifice! By releasing a DARK monster, I can destroy monsters my opponent controls with original ATK less than the current ATK of that monster!"
"What did he say?!" Shou gasped.
"Rune Magician's ATK is 3500!" Alex stated.
"All other monsters on Judai and Kohaku's field don't even have 3000 ATK!" Seth pointed out. "Which means..."
"Say good-bye to all your monsters!" Rune Magician grabbed hold of the Fiend Token and made way to Tempester. Once he was within range, the 'Circus Freak' Fusion monster, exploded, taking the other monsters with him.
"Tempester!"
"Rune!"
The two duelists cried out.
(Dark Sacrifice: Normal Trap: Tribute one DARK monster. Destroy all face-up monsters your opponent controls with original ATK equal to or lower than the current ATK of the tributed monster.)
"Nice one, Edogawa," Manjoume complimented.
"Of course," Yuri nodded.
Both North Campus representatives laughed at the pitiful condition of the Main Campus' representatives, as the latter duo gave determined stares at their opponents.